The Washington Post, CNN, PolitiFact, Bill O'Reilly, federal investigators, and now Jon Stewart. What's next, Marcus Bachmann going public with broadsides against Minnesota's wackiest congressperson?SEE ALSO: Michele Bachmann: Obamacare "literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens" ... More >>
In response to the introduction of marriage equality bills in the House and Senate yesterday, Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, took the opportunity to point out his belief that being gay is a form of mental illness.SEE ALSO: National Organization for Marriage issues $500k threat to gay-friendly MNG ... More >>
In an interview with BuzzFeed Politics, Peter Waldron, Michele Bachmann's National Field Coordinator during her ill-fated presidential campaign, says that Michele developed an "unnatural" and "Rasputin-like" relationship with her former debate coach, Brett O'Donnell.SEE ALSO: Marcus Bachmann: The Ci ... More >>
SEE ALSO:-- Jim Graves' new ad hits Michele Bachmann for "her McCarthy-style witch-hunt"-- Is Michele Bachmann's "tar baby" blast of President Obama a racial slur? [VIDEO]That Marcus Bachmann sure is one lucky guy. According to The Hill, his wife is the most beautiful elected official in Washington. ... More >>
Exodus International, the county's best-known Christian ministry devoted to helping people suppress gay urges through the power of prayer, is distancing itself from the idea that a person's sexual orientation can be permanently changed or "cured."It's a significant shift for the 36-year-old group, w ... More >>
If Michele Bachmann loses her U.S. House seat to Jim Graves this November, she could always try her hand at running for parliament in Switzerland. That's because on March 19, Bachmann became a Swiss citizen. Her spokeswoman explained that because Marcus Bachmann is of Swiss descent, he and Michele h ... More >>
Marcus Bachmann is so closeted, he's collected more pink slips than the oft-fired Keith Olbermann. Or so said Jimmy Kimmel during his keynote comedy routine at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner. Kimmel's joke went over about as well as one of Marcus's ex-gay therapy sessions: The crowd gr ... More >>
Here's a head-scratcher: Yesterday, Sen. Scott Dibble, D-Minneapolis, introduced an amendment that would've blocked tax dollars from being used to fund the type of controversial ex-gay therapy practiced at Marcus Bachmann's clinics.The motion failed after senators like David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, ra ... More >>
Up until last year, Marcus Bachmann denied that his Bachmann & Associates clinics practiced ex-gay therapy. That is, until John Becker outed one of Bachmann's counselors for providing the "service" with an undercover video last summer. Bachmann later admitted that his clinics perform ex-gay ther ... More >>
How the mighty have fallen!Less than a year removed from being a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, Michele Bachmann is now working at a Lino Lakes gas station. Apparently, demand for Marcus Bachmann's anti-gay therapy ain't what it used to be. Either that or the couple ne ... More >>
A man who proclaimed his desire on Twitter to sodomize Michele Bachmann with a machete will have his identity revealed to federal investigators, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled.The man -- who for now remains anonymous in public court filings, and is referred to in Chi ... More >>
You have insulted the crazy lady's honor, sir. Prepare to die.Nothing conjures an image of brute physical force like the name Marcus Bachmann. So it should come as no surprise that, during a recent podcast interview, the wannabe First Gentleman revealed that he was itching to open a can of whoop- ... More >>
www.nfl.comIf Michele Bachmann and Tim Tebow matedHave you ever wondered what the lovechild of Tim Tebow and Michele Bachmann would look like?We haven't either! But somebody at NFL.com has been kept awake at night by that thought, and created a slideshow! And it turns out their kid would look jus ... More >>
Gay rights advocates may not have liked the language of the "controversial topics policy" that may replace the Anoka-Hennepin school district's "neutrality policy," but at least there appeared to be movement on the issue. Now, conservative Christian parents are hoping to move things in just the ... More >>
Just because Michele Bachmann has dropped out of the GOP presidential race doesn't mean we're done making fun of her. Oh no, not by a long shot, especially now that video has surfaced of her dancing.The rhythmless dancing is bad enough, but stay tuned till the end to watch Bachmann ironically add ... More >>
Ladies and other gentlemen, the First Gentleman.Marcus Bachmann is through being the mute, often-unseen husband of presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. From now on, it's First Gentleman to you. As his wife attempts to salvage her campaign by tearing through 99 Iowan counties in 10 days, the no ... More >>
Marcus Bachmann decided he didn't need the $150 that bad after all.Marcus Bachmann has given up on his quest to collect a $150 no-show fee from an activist who infiltrated his clinic with hidden cameras earlier this year. A billing representative from Bachmann & Associates called John Becker ... More >>
Rosie O'Donnell shows off the Gaydar GunRosie O'Donnell has discovered a new product called the "Gaydar Gun" and she knows just who could use one: Michele Bachmann.This isn't the first time that someone has suggested that Marcus is gay and that Michele makes a better beard than presidential candi ... More >>
Tim Pawlenty: So obscure, it's not even funny.Hey everybody, check it out: Tim Pawlenty came in first place at something. Our former governor took the number-one spot in GQ's list of the top 25 least influential people on planet earth, right up there with Hank Williams Jr., MSNBC's Ed Schul ... More >>
Marcus Bachmann: first husband wannabe, therapist, and bill-collector?Throughout Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, her husband, Marcus, has remained stubbornly in the shadows.Even after allegations that his Christian counseling center provides gay reparative therapy, Marcus still stayed v ... More >>
Michele and Marcus Bachmann have a few things to say about those quitters.Michele Bachmann is not the slightest bit worried that her entire New Hampshire campaign staff quit, and then wrote a letter lambasting her senior campaign managers. Instead, Michele and her husband Marcus are vengeful, and ... More >>
There' video out now of U.S. Congressman Erik Paulsen getting glitter-bombed at the Midwest Leadership Conference in Bloomington. Paulsen stands at the podium in the clip when a young man runs up with what appears to be a tube full of glitter and hurls it at him. The conservative crowd gasps in un ... More >>
Minnesota State Fair: Glitter-bombed from above.Not even the Minnesota State Fair is safe from glitter-bombers. The Great Minnesota Get-Together attracted the attention of gay activists this weekend by allowing anti-gay marriage group Minnesota for Marriage to set up a booth at the fair. Local ... More >>
Where has the summer gone? You try to soak it in with a couple chilled beverages and some time in the sun, next thing you know it's September. With the last three months now nothing but a hazy memory, City Pages is looking back on the most popular blog posts of the summer that was.What were you p ... More >>
Fred KargerMarcus Bachmann, and his confronter. Warren Blumenfeld was in his office at Iowa State University on Saturday, trying to prepare his syllabi for fall classes. But the noise from the Ames Straw Poll, which was taking place just a few blocks away, was distracting him. Blumenfeld decided ... More >>
Michele Bachmann is worth 8,700 words?Michele Bachmann is the subject of a gigantic profile in the current issue of the New Yorker. As one of the craziest members of congress comes under the careful eye of political reporter Ryan Lizza, a few interesting new stones got turned over. Mainly, the st ... More >>
In her book, Janet Boynes thanks the Bachmanns for their friendship.Defying every known authority in modern psychiatry, Michele and Marcus Bachmann are sure you can "ungay" people. In fact, they've got the ex-lesbian friend to prove it. Janet Boynes, one of Michele Bachmann's favorite converted h ... More >>
Michele Bachmann is sending secret messages in morse code with her flashing earring.You are getting very sleepy ...5 ... 4 ...... deeper into sleep ...3 ... 2 ....... voting for Michele ...1.
Marcus racked up miles at an unbelievable rate in 2006.Marcus Bachmann got $6,230 in gas money at the end of Michele Bachmann's 2006 campaign for the U.S. House. Not only is that a lot of miles, but it might have violated Federal Election Commission rules, the Daily Caller reports. With the reimb ... More >>
Her business is none of your business.When Barack Obama was running for president, Michele Bachmann loved to talk about his relationship with Bill Ayers, the old hippie who blew up federal buildings when Barry Obama was a little kid. Bachmann's fear over Obama's connection to Ayers led to one of ... More >>
Bachmann says one thing in public in, and does another in private.Michele Bachmann used federally backed home loans from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac just weeks before she denounced those programs and called for them to be dismantled, according to the Washington Post. Experts who reviewed the home l ... More >>
"Benny, I heard something bad about you." "Ditto." Somehow Michele Bachmann managed to find a church that's too crazy even for her.The Bachmanns filed to quit as members of Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater just six days before she officially announced she was running for president. That cynica ... More >>
Gay barbarians, at it again!It appears Bachmann & Associates, Marcus Bachmann's "pray the gay away" clinic, has become the latest victim of a glitter-bomb. In pictures released by Nick Espinosa, the same gay rights activist who glitter-bombed Newt Gingrich in May, protesters in barbarian cost ... More >>
The bombers asked Marcus to come out and discipline them.This morning, Bachmann & Associates was glitter-bombed by exactly the kind of gay "barbarians" Marcus Bachmann tries to cure with his "pray the gay away" therapy.Mastermind and provocateur Nick Espinosa, who'd previously glitter-bombed ... More >>
The barbarians demanded that Marcus come out and give them discipline.The video evidence of this morning's barbaric raid on Marcus Bachmann's clinic has arrived. In the clip, about a dozen Flinstones-looking characters talk with an employee of Bachmann & Associates, and request to see Marcus ... More >>
Marcus Bachmann picks out Michele's outfits.Political observers and gay bloggers are chuckling this morning over a tidbit unearthed from a 2006 Star Tribune profile that has taken on new meaning in light of all the recent "Is Marcus Bachmann gay?" talk.Apparently, Marcus Bachmann acted as his wif ... More >>
Cher hates Marcus Bachmann. She recently tweeted a rant about her disgust with him after finding a YouTube video in which he seemed to suggest gay people are "barbarians." She even asked whether Marcus might himself be trapped in the closet, tweeting, "My Gay-Dar is GOING OFF !!!"What will she th ... More >>
Ken Avidor says the burden of proof is on Marcus Bachmann.Marcus Bachmann admits his clinic will help patients get the gay out, but asserts he never called gay people "barbarians" who "need to be disciplined." The audio clip was first heard a year ago on an obscure Christian radio show, and has s ... More >>
Michele McGaugheyBachmann confirmed he'll "ungay" those who ask for it.Marcus Bachmann's clinic will help gay people go straight, but only if they ask nicely. In an interview with the Star Tribune, Bachmann confirmed that his clinic will treat patients' homosexuality as a disorder that can and sh ... More >>
Michele McGaugheyThe Bachmanns will be missed... if anyone notices.Michele and Marcus Bachmann have left their church after 10 years of membership. But even before she officially filed to quit the church, the Bachmanns hadn't been there in two years. The Bachmanns were granted their release from ... More >>
Seinfeld tried to keep Jon "straight' on Marcus Bachmann.Marcus Bachmann has made his living trying to help gay kids be straight. Last night on "The Daily Show," Jerry Seinfeld played counselor, trying to help Jon Stewart not make gay jokes at Marcus Bachmann's expense. Stewart ran through some c ... More >>
The Bachmann clinic and campaign won't answer any questions about Andrew Ramirez.Yesterday we told you the story of Andrew Ramirez, the Minneapolis man who went through Marcus Bachmann's "ungay" therapy in Lake Elmo.We tried to get a comment from the clinic, but a call to the main line only got a ... More >>
Ramirez went on ABC News "Nightline" to talk about Bachmann's clinic.When Andrew Ramirez was 17 years old, he came out to his family. His mom and sisters accepted the news, but his stepfather didn't.He forced Ramirez to go to therapy at Marcus Bachmann's clinic in Lake Elmo. There, Ramirez had tw ... More >>
The Pawlentys smile at each other, a lot, in his new ad.Tim Pawlenty won't sign the FAMiLY LEADER's pro-marriage, pro-slavery and anti-porn pledge, but not because he doesn't agree with them. "I prefer to choose my own words," Pawlenty said in a statement, explaining why he wouldn't sign th ... More >>
ABC NightlineG.R. Anderson's cover story keeps making waves.ABC's Nightline is out with a story today showing America that presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, apparently plays as fast and lose with the facts as his wife. In a story headlined "Pray Away The Gay," corres ... More >>
Michele and Marcus Bachmann: He's on Cher's gaydar.Marcus Bachmann, husband to Michele, thinks gays are barbarians and wants to help "cure" them at his Christian counseling clinic. Cher, icon to the gay community, wants to cure Dr. Bachmann by strangling him. In a Twitter jag last night ( ... More >>
Marcus Bachmann, looking quite deferential.The Iowa caucuses are still three months away, we're about to enter the summer doldrums when nobody gives a damn about politics, and yet here we are with the nation's two largest newsweeklies foisting pablum on us in the form of softball "profiles" o ... More >>
Marcus Bachmann's feelings are hurt.Marcus Bachmann is shocked, offended and saddened that Tarryl Clark would stoop so low as to use a "profanity-laced attack" against his wife in a campaign ad. And if you'd just write her a check today, Michele Bachmann would feel so much better. In Fact, ... More >>
Now a fund raising toolHot on the heels of her latest Sean Hannity appearance, Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, has evidently sent out a fundraising letter to the congresswoman's supporters, keyed off the "Fuck Michele Bachmann" flier we've been telling you about. Like Hannity, Marcus Bac ... More >>
Michele Bachmann's recipe for success: Christian piety and not-so-Christian opportunism
